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LAKE v. CAMERON

No. 439-62.

267 F.Supp. 155 (1967)

Catherine LAKE v. Dr. Dale C. CAMERON.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

April 17, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hyman Smollar, Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Oscar Altshuler, Washington, D. C., Edmund L. Browning, Jr., Asst. Corp. Counsel, Arthur J. McLaughlin, Washington, D. C., Chairman, Mental Health Commission, for respondent.

MEMORANDUM

LEONARD P. WALSH, District Judge.

Late in September, 1962, Catherine Lake, patient-petitioner herein, was found by a member of the Metropolitan Police Department while she was wandering in the vicinity of Fifth and E Streets, N. W., and was taken to the Women's Bureau of the Police Department.

On October 3, 1962, civil commitment proceedings were instituted by the filing of a petition by the Police Department. This petition, signed by...

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